Shrews (Soricidae) of the lowland forests around Kisangani (DR Congo)
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Shrews (Soricidae) of the lowland forests around Kisangani (DR Congo)
- by
- Van de Perre, Frederik; Leirs, Herwig; Cigar, Julien; Gambalemoke Mbalitini, Sylvestre; Mukinzi Itoka, Jean-Claude; Verheyen, Erik
- Publication date
- 2019-12-20
- Usage
- Attribution 4.0 International


- Topics
- pitfall, removal trapping, tropical lowland forest, Democratic Republic Congo, Soricidae
- Publisher
- Pensoft Publishers
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Pensoft Publishers
- Language
- English
- Rights
- http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions
- Rights-holder
- Copyright held by individual article author(s).
- Volume
- 7
- Item Size
- 16.1M
- Abstract
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The Congo Basin rainforest is the second largest rainforest in the world and one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. Nevertheless, the Congo Basin biodiversity remains to be fully mapped, with many species awaiting discovery or official description. In recent years, much effort has been put into research on shrews (Soricidae), particularly in the region around Kisangani (D.R. Congo). Shrews are opportunistic feeders that are able to forage on a large diversity of invertebrate prey and therefore play an important role in the forest ecosystem. Furthermore, as they largely depend on forest habitats and have limited dispersal capacities, shrews form an interesting model group to study biogeographic patterns in the Congo Basin.
This paper collates the efforts on shrew research from the wider region around Kisangani, in the centre of the Congo Basin. Apart from sampling information, the dataset includes morphological measures, DNA sequences and photographs. This dataset is therefore critical in the study of the taxonomy and ecology of Soricidae in the Congo Basin lowland rainforests. - Addeddate
- 2024-09-09 00:06:23
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- 10_3897_BDJ_7_e46948
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- 10_3897_BDJ_7_e46948
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- 10.3897/BDJ.7.e46948
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- Possible copyright status
- In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.
- Ppi
- 300
- Source
- Biodiversity Data Journal 7
- Year
- 2019
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